by MBC News | Oct 8, 2015
Several potential candidates in the upcoming Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations elections were not allowed to run because they failed to provide a vulnerable sector check. Now, one of the disallowed candidates in the election for the Office of the Second...
by MBC News | Oct 8, 2015
Officials in Wollaston Lake are making plans to officially open the community’s fish processing plant. The facility is the first-CFIA registered fish processing plant in the north and the first in the province owned by a First Nation. Hatchet Lake Development...
by MBC News | Oct 8, 2015
The City of Saskatoon has to do more than just fly the Treaty Six flag, according to the author of a report that recommends a monument be built recognizing First Nations people. Saskatoon Lawyer Jim Scott submitted his report, Redefining our heritage: A proposal for...
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2015
The Crown prosecutor is onto its last witness at a child pornography trial in Prince Albert. In October of 2014, Aider Pratchett was an officer at Fond du Lac’s RCMP detachment when the Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit started investigating flagged...
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2015
The case for a second bridge was a big topic at a Prince Albert infrastructure conference on Wednesday. One speaker unveiled the economics of Prince Albert’s Diefenbaker Bridge. Each time the full bridge is down, there’s a $1.8 million economic hit, and a...
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2015
Pictured: The ribbon-cutting for the first William Charles Health Centre. Photo courtesy sicc.sk.ca As Montreal Lake breaks ground on a brand new health centre, its band members want to set a trend for on-reserve healthcare. The Wednesday afternoon groundbreaking for...
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2015
About 100 people turned out Tuesday night to shout down Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a campaign stop in Saskatoon. The crowd chanted, “Stephen has to go! Hey, hey!” throughout the evening. Plainclothes RCMP officers stood between the protestors and the...
by MBC News | Oct 7, 2015
The forest fires in Northern Saskatchewan this past summer created a lot of heartache for people who lost homes and property. The La Ronge Ice Wolves weren’t spared either, the team was not able to hold numerous fundraising events due to the disaster, but now...
by MBC News | Oct 6, 2015
Please be advised: The content below may disturb some readers. The trial of an RCMP officer who was stationed in Fond du Lac and charged with possessing child pornography continues in Prince Albert. On Monday, police interviews of Aiden Pratchett were the focus of...
by MBC News | Oct 6, 2015
Police continue to look for a man who escaped from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert Monday night. Staff discovered Hector Thomas Bird was missing during a head count in the prison’s minimum security unit. Bird is 23 years old and serving a...
